Theme: Envisioning Inclusion.

We have planned it as a virtual event with pre-recorded talks premiered via YouTube Premiere. The link to the TEDxChennaiInstituteOfTechnology YouTube channel will be shared soon.

Engaging ideas, cherishing it in the light of its action is a stimuli that humans crave forever. Letting loose of ones imagination to stay focussed and persistent in building ideas that change the world is absolutely fascinating. We are taking nimble steps to achieve this scope. We developed this space for young minds to radiate their ideas and challenge themselves in creating an actionable format. This space is also a humble way to say to the world that we care and spruce up our actions towards it. Let’s voice out to act on creating a sustainable world. Let’s use our creativity to share happiness, pride and finer sensibilities that sustain our relationships.

We have planned it as a virtual event with pre-recorded talks premiered via YouTube Premiere. The link to the TEDxChennaiInstituteOfTechnology YouTube channel will be shared soon.

TEDxChennaiInstituteOfTechnology
Sarathy Nagar
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600069
India

Aarav Garg

Founder - Tech Nuttiez, Maker and Innovator

Aarav is 15 years old. He is an innovator. He uses technology and makes things ranging from complex robots to a simple pocket weather station. Many of his projects have been published in prominent international magazines. He also makes tutorials on his creations so that anyone can make them. Many students all around the world have built robots and other projects using his tutorials. He is the founder of Tech Nuttiez, a startup that aims to educate the youth globally on technology. He believes that he is a part of the growing 'Maker Movement

Aditya T

Student at Chennai Institute of Technology

Aditya is a twelfth grade graduate who's stuck in the body of a second year Mechanical Engineering student because, you know, the pandemic. Yet he's an optimistic realist who's curiosity is always at an all-time peak. In a nutshell, he's an enthusiastic student of life, aspiring to do great things.

Alisha Khadri

Alumni - Chennai Institute of Technology

Alisha Khadri, is mysterious and sometimes, an open book. She can blend in with a range of different personalities. She believes that the darkness can never consume her because she has a light that can drive it away! She is fine with not being okay, but she never gives up. Once an indecisive person, but not anymore. Her game is all about having an introvert soul in an extrovert's body, maintaining a balance. She is a proud ambivert.

Amritha Shiva

Student at Chennai Institute of Technology

Amritha, is a young girl with nothing but a broken sense of humor on her side. As a nineteen year old, this world has thrust a lot of realization into her. She had had a lot of time to spare this pandemic and it has made her an overfilled bucket of emotions and thoughts. All of which she is eager to share with her fellow peers. Growing up in a society that is riddled with a lot of taboos and old age beliefs has made her a deviant who likes to oppose all what she considers wrong. One of the visions that arose from her dream of sharing her thoughts with everyone, is her podcast called ROMBA YOSIKADHA. It is her baby that she is extremely proud of giving birth to. There are two things that she cannot live without : Literature and Music. Each mood of hers has a song of its own to harmonize with. And the world of literature is something that never fails to make her dream and envision a future which is better and brighter.

Aradhya Aggarwal

12th Grade student at The Doon School

Aradhya Aggarwal is a 12th-grade student at The Doon School, Dehradun. He is a published author and an avid writer on his blog. As an educational activist, he aims to bridge the vast educational disparity that exists across different sections of society. He believes that good education can bridge ideological differences and lead to more fair and inclusive societies. With his experiences in a conservative society, he aims to foster more open-minded thought processes and create equal opportunity for all.

Daniel Jacob

Vice President – HR, EC Group International, Executive Director, You Are Loved Foundation.

Daniel is a Social Architect and an HR Thought Leader. He is a recipient of the prestigious “Global Humanitarian Award” by World Humanitarian Drive, UK. He has also received several National and International level awards for his contribution in the field of HR and CSR including “40 Most Talented HR Leaders in India” by the World HRD Congress. He serves on the boards of several Social Enterprises. He is married to Preethi Daniel and has a daughter Nerthi Daniel. Daniel is a dreamer and a doer who strongly believes that love can change anyone and any situation. He advocates that everyone in this world deserves to be loved and it is each of our responsibility to let others know that they are loved. In his 20+ years of journey in loving people, he has seen wonders happen in individuals and communities. So far, he has initiated several social transformation projects touching millions of lives.

Dr Subramani Ramakrishnan

Author , IT Professional

Dr. Subramani Ramakrishnan (Subbu) – an IT professional and a life-long learner, is passionate about bridging the industry-academia gap. He co-authored the best-seller SHAPE IT, a collection of 50 inspiring student stories on developing life skills for budding engineers and help them be industry ready. Engineering is all about designing and creating the human-made world, and this spirit of engineering existed from the day human race came into existence – from invention of wheel, to Roman aqueducts, to the Grand Kallanai and Thanjavur Big Temple. Human creativity is the foundation of critical thinking and problem solving – which are the most essential skills to thrive in this complex world. And in this session, he shares a few tips on how to SPOT this creativity among budding engineers.

Gokul T

Student, SRM UniversityB.Tech Computer Science and Engineering

I'm Gokul, 18. I can speak languages such as Japanese, Korean, English, Tamil & Hindi. I'm very passionate about computer science and technology in general, plus the impacts it has on people. Technology has built me in every corner of my life and I am forever grateful for it. I started learning Japanese at the age of 12 with nothing but a stray laptop with too much dust. It was quite a 'changing' experience for me. I came to realize that I could do anything that I wanted if I made the correct use of this piece of tech. Speaking of which, I study B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering at SRM University, Ramapuram. I'm a proud alumni of both MCC Campus & Zion Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Selayur. I have lived my entire life in Tamil Nadu and I have never.... never with an N.... travelled outside of this place. Although all my knowledge of other places is derived from the utilization of technology. I think this shall be good enough up until now for a purposeful bio about myself.

Jayanthi M

Student at Chennai Institute of Technology

As a 2nd year student pursuing biomedical engineering, Jayanthi has participated countless times in talks within the campus. She is a high spirited individual who tends to fight fears and seek opportunities. She is also a buoyant personality and tries to break the box and achieve huge things in life.

Jessica Jeyakumar

Assistant System Engineer Trainee (EIS & IOT) at Tata Consultancy Services

Jessica Jeyakumar's natural habitat is a quiet corner, where you will usually find her reading away and penning down her thoughts. On the other hand, she enjoys interacting with people, encouraging them and lending a helping hand whenever possible. Her heart also goes out for lost and lonely stray animals and has given many of her rescues a good home. She strongly believes that compassion, optimism and an internal drive to "thrive", is paramount to get the most out of life and so, she is currently working on becoming better than who she was yesterday, everyday.

Kirubaaganesh K

Student at Chennai Institute of Technology

Kirubaaganesh, is a benevolent young mind with a bright smile, from the city of Tiruvannamalai, popularly known for its spiritual and cultural ethics. He never stopped questioning each and everything around him or even about himself, and that is when he realized that he has immense interest in psychology and science especially, physics. He is an optimistic person with a unique perspective looking for every single opportunity to learn and explore new things. Writing quotes and small poems make him feel lively. He started his own YouTube channel 2 years ago, which he found it as a fascinating way to express his thoughts, about several things ,to the outside world. He says that his goal in life is very simple, that he wants to be a good and successful person who lives in the moment and enjoy every second like there is no tomorrow.

Krithish Kumar

Founder - Vizdale

An explorer turned entrepreneur, who aims to solve problems and push the human race forward. Krithish Kumar, the founder of Vizdale, is working with a dedicated crew to create a platform for like-minded people who wish to make this world a better place. He is the type of person who is driven by a great desire to solve problems that have a significant impact. He is a hands-on learner who is interested in fields such as design, technology, and business. He firmly believes that if mankind is to thrive in the future, it must unite and build as one.

Mohan Kancharla

Director – Method Management in the Business & Technology Services Unit, Tata Consultancy Services.

Mohan Kancharla has close to two decades in Consulting. Founding member of TCS Global Consulting Practice, he established IT Strategy, IT Governance and Business Transformation Practices and led the same as Global Head – Sales & Delivery Support. Currently Director – Method Management in the Business & Technology Services Unit. Mohan is a Certified Management Consultant, has authored two books on Consulting, “Consulting A Practitioner’s Perspective” and “Design Thinking in Consulting”, is an Invited Faculty on IT Consulting and Co- Innovator of Strategy Validation Framework’ [Patent Pending]. Mohan is Certified in ‘Innovation of Products and Services’ MIT’s Approach to Design Thinking and is also a Certified Corporate Director and Certified Executive Coach. Mohan was recognized by CEO Today as one of the ‘Top 100 Global Management Consultants’ and awarded ‘CEO Today Management Consulting Award 2018’. Mohan lives in Chennai, India, with his wife Mary Rajeswari Harshita & Nikia Sushmita.

Naparajith T L

Student at Chennai Institute of Technology

Naparajith is an enthusiastic student, eager to contribute to team success through hard work and attention to detail. He is motivated to learn, grow and excel in development. A Creative communicator, he is dedicated to producing engaging content for all platforms. His main focus is creating content that inspires others. He believes that creativity in any space is the key to success—a concept that he strives to live by through his interests. He is currently working towards "Inclusive Internet for Digital India", a modern initiative to make internet a tool for everyone to use without hesitation and fear.

Neeharika Challa

Student at Chennai Institute of Technology

Neeharika Challa, a 19 year old passionate learner who owes her creativity to being brought up in an environment void of social media and smartphones which let her dream and explore vivid philosophies through books, consuming tons of perspectives and experiences which helped her come a long way in enhancing her personality and capabilities. She delights in taking complexities of philosophies and transforming them into simplified concepts with intriguing examples that can be further transferred even to a 6-year-old as Einstein said. She firmly believes that hard work is the key to success and aspires to find a profession where she gets to learn, enhance her skills and knowledge thereby being a part of making the world a better place.

Neetin Agrawal

Founder & CEO, Dronstudy Pvt. Ltd.

an EdTech entrepreneur, bestselling author, researcher, keynote speaker. He has been associated with the education industry for more than a decade now. Coming from a small town in Bihar and getting admitted into prestigious IIT-Madras, made him a firm believer of self-created destiny and hard work. He loves carrying out research and solving challenging problems, which he did to great effect during his stint in hardcore technology. So, he joined the top educational institutes of the country to learn about the education field. He did aggressive research on human minds, learned what are the behaviors of students when it comes to learning. He taught and did experiments on thousands of students in his research. Currently, He runs an EdTech company called DronStudy. DronStudy has combined technology with education to chalk out solutions for the lack of ‘Quality Education’ in India. So far, they have reached more than 13 Lakhs students across and outside of India.

Nidhi Banthia Mehta

Serial Entrepreneur and Danseuse

Nidhi is a serial entrepreneur and danseuse. She's successfully bootstrapped two startups and sold her company in USA. She's been at the helm of running a service venture and a product centric venture. Onto her thrid venture, Nidhi now brings her knowledge, entrepreneurial experience and global expertise as a consultant for growth, branding and marketing strategy to individuals, professionals, startups and MSMEs to scale their business successfully. Nidhi will share her journey and the key to A Dream Career - Converting a passion into a profession. She's been titled as "the dancing queen" by publications like femina and India today and awarded as "Iconic Women Creating a Better World for All” for Corporate Wellness and Wellbeing Nidhi has an MBA degree and is a podcaster and a published author. She's an evangelist for women empowerment and refugee entrepreneurship.

Prasiddhi Singh

Founder-Prasiddhi Forest Foundation

Prasiddhi Singh Age 8 years, class 4 , Mahindra World School. Founder of Prasiddhi Forest Foundation. Recognized with the Prime Minister National Child Award 2021 (Highest Civilian Honour) as the youngest social entrepreneur. The Youngest fruit forest creator of India as per the India book of Records 2020. Youngest keynote speaker of "Harvard Model United Nations" India 2021. Brand Ambassador for the nationwide girl literacy campaign - “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao” by the Tamil Nadu Government. Prasiddhi has also been globally recognised as the “Earth Day” Network Rising Star. The young green trooper has created her own army of 15,000+ eco warriors spread across the globe through 100+ online and in-person workshops. Till now she has planted 18000 trees and created 16 fruit forests. She is an biodiversity advocate and on a mission to plant 100,000 fruit trees.

Pratik D Deo

Student at Chennai Institute of Technology

Pratik likes to understand as much as he can about his surroundings, the world and all the mysteries associated with it. Sciences have always fascinated him, about how uncertain even the facts can be. He is an avid reader and writer, he believes that reading helps him gain an understanding of the different perspectives of those who have made great impact on this society, and what made them different. He also loves being a part of insightful conversations and debates.

Prof Chinnaraj Joseph Jaikumar

CEO - Centre for Education Development Action and Research

Dr. Chinnaraj has been with CEDAR ever since its inception in 1994. A Development Sociologist by training, his theory of change is anchored in developing alternative pedagogical methods and in creating ‘agency’ in the children of the marginalized communities. Behind him is long years of experience as an academician, administrator and policy maker. He was formerly the Principal of the American College, Madurai. He had served several committees of the University Grants Commission of India (UGC). He also served the Governing Council of the National Assessment and Accreditation Commission (NAAC) for three years. He is also an avid promoter of media training and education and founded Madurai Media and Film Studies Academy (MMFSA). He is also a documentary filmmaker.

Rahima Jasmine.S

Student at Chennai Institute of Technology

Rahima is a mechanical engineering student currently pursuing her bachelor's degree. She has developed her interest in STEM because of her curiosity in new technologies and space exploration. And she loves using her skills to share her ideas with people. She believes that creativity lies within our everyday lifestyle and she loves sharing about how different perspective give rise to creativity.

Raktim Singh

Senior Product Line Mnanger, Infosys Finacle

Raktim is a thought leader in the ‘Digital Transformation’ space. He is the author of the book ‘Driving Digital Transformation’. This book is an Amazon best-seller & now has been sold in more than 10 countries. Raktim had done his B.TECH from IIT BHU. He is working in Infosys, FINACLE for last 25 years. He is part of the International Toastmaster Club and has won many awards here. He also mentors IIM & IIT graduates on ‘Digital Transformation’ & ‘Software Product Principles’. He is an active member of the ‘India FIN-TECH ‘ group & ‘Bangalore FIN-TECH’ group. His articles related to Digital Transformation, were published on various media platforms including ‘FORTUNE’, ‘US TIMES NOW’, ‘International Business Times’, ‘Hindustan Times’, ‘Yahoo news’ ,’Zee News’, ‘Deccan Chronicle’ ,’ The Asian Age’, etc.

Ravi Solomon

Vice-President and Senior Creative Director, Wunderman Thompson

I am a writer with over 25 years of experience in creating integrated communication for brands. I thrive on crafting ideas across platforms. In this era of short attention spans, I keep the curious kid in me ever so alert, to create narratives that resonate with the audience I am in conversation with. I write in tamil and english. I am an avid photographer and try to build visual stories that make me happy to begin with. I take pleasure in the little things of life and believe that every moment has to be relished for its uniqueness.

Rodney-Tatara Stanton

Founding Director, Sustainable Ethical Australia, Director, The Help Now Group

Rodney was raised in a suburban town of the state of Iowa in the United States of America. Rodney was a mature aged student facing the loss of a coal refinery job, losing house, fiance and overcoming depression. Following support from a licenced mental health counsellor in Council Bluffs he broke the mould in his family and completed Associates of Arts at Iowa Western Community College and then proceeded to complete his Bachelor of Social Work degree at University of Nebraska at Omaha. This would be his saving grace on learning tools how to help others and manage his own trauma symptoms of hyper arousal, sleeplessness and nightmares. Rodney found his passion for Social Work and community development in Omaha and was able to take a loan out to pursue his Master of Social Work Degree at University of Sydney, Australia.

Sabapathy Narayanan

Founder, Stickytales

Saba believes that we are most comfortable sharing stories, and that is when our communication becomes most engaging. Stories help you get your message across to your audience in an understandable, rememberable, and re-tellable way. All of us keep telling stories in our day-to-day lives. We tell stories about our children, colleagues, daily grind, and travel in an informal setting, but we don’t call them stories. There is a lot to learn and share from these personal stories. Saba believes in the power of personal stories and the impact they can have on your professional life. For him, an example is a story, an anecdote is a story, a conversation between two people is a story, and timelines about a person are a story. So, start telling your stories, as it means better connections and better business.

Saravanan Suresh

Co-Founder, Vector Solutions

A industrialist, Educationist, Software Engineer and Orator Iam an entrepreneur and educationist from Chennai with an aim to bridge the gap between employment and education among the youth in India. I have co-founded "Vector Solutions" - a industrial firm which deals with large scale electrical turnkey projects in South India accomplishing 600+ successful projects in both public and private sectors. Iam a oratorical speaker with awards from "Talk your way to Singapore" and "Talk your way to Japan" with a tagline called "silver tongued orator" and have delivered around 100+ talks in various renowned institutions in state. I have also received greetings from the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and also the recipient of "Inspire Award" from the Government of India. Had the privilege of being the keynote speaker on "Industrial Experts Talk" to "VIT University Industrial conclave 2021"to assess and guide the students on industrial lines.

Subhiksha V

Student at Chennai Institute of Technology

Subhiksha V is a student enthusiast who is currently pursuing engineering. She is an 18 year old who is in the anticipation to explore the world . An extreme extrovert who never fails to raise questions. Passionate enough to speak and listening is her hobby. She is curious enough to find a solution for real life problems through innovation. The speaker believes that, everything in this world has its limits but she exclaims, the world's innovation does not seem to be.

Tarun Goel

Founder - Gray Arc Solutions

I am Tarun Goel a Computer Science Engineer turned Digital Marketing Strategist, Founder: Gray Arc Solutions, Content Creator & a Keynote Speaker. I am into Marketing and Selling since 2016. I am a Digital Marketer specialised in Training & Coaching Niche. I help with Public Speakers, Trainers & Coaches in building their Personal Brand and SETTING-UP & SELLING their Online Coaching Programs. I take pride in telling that I've got a chance to Consult over 6 JoshTalk Speakers, a 7 Times TedX Speaker & 10 Fortune-500 Corporate Trainers. In last 4 years, I've given a speech to over 5,000 students. As a speaker it has always been my purpose to make people believe that they too can do something big. They too can start an unconventional career and break through by telling real life stories that are completely unbelievable. It is very important for students to know that Learning a few High-Paying skills can make them Big Fortune.

Tvisha Raji

Student at Chennai Institute of Technology

Tvisha is a sophomore pursuing Computer Science and Business systems. Being an avid reader, her interests have always been widespread, be it reading an excerpt of Sigmund Freud or researching about the upcoming technologies. Solving problems or taking on real life challenges is something that keeps her on the edge and excited. She is a self confessed bookworm, who loves to devour anything on print but staying true to the genz culture you will also find her binge watching. Since childhood she has always believed in speaking my mind hence public speaking always mesmerises her and here she is once again. Tvisha is a staunch believer of mental health being the need of the hour in the present scenario and staying true to her beliefs she hopes to give a voice to her deepest convictions.

Vaijayanthi Srinivasaraghavan

Research Scholar, IT Professional

Vaijayanthi S (Viji) is an engineer, author, research scholar, seasoned IT professional with three decades of experience leading diverse, cross-cultural teams and a proud mother of a budding aerospace engineer. Her current research work focuses on the quality and reach of digital education. A person with grit and growth mindset, she leverages the life lessons from her personal set-backs and helps Gen-X women find their passion and identity. In post-pandemic world, she believes there is an opportunity for everyone to pursue their passion, through digital education – and all it takes is to ‘tweak the FLIP’. She believes in ‘Pay-It-Forward’, and mentors budding engineers to become industry ready. She is a regular speaker in industry, academia forums, and sits on the Board of Studies of many prominent institutions in the country.

Varshini K

Student at Chennai Institute of Technology

Varshini is a sophomore, persuing Computer Science and Engineering in CIT. She is a budding full stack web developer and designer. Books on human lifestyles and morals inspire her. Success stories of humans who finished their earthly race motivate her a lot. She aspires to become a good philanthropist to those who find it difficult to make ends meet and also wishes to change the world through her innovative, yet reachable ideas.

Vasudevan Vaz

International Corporate Trainer

P.S.Vasudevan as vaz is an International Corporate trainer, Internationally certified Leadership Coach, Master Trainer and Business analyst for 25 years. He has a couple of post graduations and an M. Phil. He specialises in Psychology, Business Administration, (OB, L&D) apart from that he has many other degrees and certifications. A Master Trainer, certified International Leadership Life Coach, Certified Dale Carnegie Trainer and certified Psychometrist et al. He was the Creativity Coach and Consultant for Tanishq. Leadership Trainer for Samsung, Leadership Mentor for Wipro, in 2018 -2020 and presently Leadership Coach for 3 Corporates (Igarashi Motors, Servion, etc) He personally coaches CFO, CEOs and other Leaders individually across the globe (US Bay Area, Aus- tralia, Dubai, Germany etc. He runs a YOUTUBE channel ALCHLONIST Psychology Faculty and Mentor for Mentors in Shankar IAS Academy chennai He has delivered training programs in NEPAL, DUBAI, SOUTH AFRICA and SINGAPORE.

Yaakshithaa M

Student at Chennai Institute of Technology

Yaakshithaa is currently a second year student pursuing her Bacherlors in Computer Science and Engineering at Chennai Institute of Technology. She believes in self-love and that anybody who knows what their dreams are can make it into reality with immense patience and endurance. Cyber Security is her main field of interest. Being a novice in the field, one day she aspires to become a specialist who works to prevent all kinds of cyber threats online and emphasis one's importance of privacy in today's and the future's globalised networks. She wishes to shape the world around her with her simple but impactful thoughts.